November 23,1477

Prologue Hello my name is Keri Polo and I will be traveling down the silk road.I am a descendant of Marco Polo and I will be traveling for silk down the Silk Road.I own a silk shop in Venice.It has recently ran out of silk.I have loads of incents with me and Im ready to head down Kashgar,Istanbul,Chang'an,and Samarkand.

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We passed through Chang'an,it was a very peaceful place.We found out that it was the capital of over 10 dynasties.There were lots of rivers and streams.There were plenty of palaces there,each for different reasons.Chang'an religion is Taiosm.Chang'an people favorite food seems to be Yang Rou Pao.They are very nice and have lots of respect for each other.They usually dress in robes.Later,heading out we got mugged by some robbers.They took just about half of it but luckly we still got to trade incents for some delicate silk that was in checker board style.external image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSg2is7yjVaGLtEKEDApVaRRTQlKt8ddiL4qgWBosMlwLf0wwoysrh7Kg

November 25,1477

We swung through Istanbul,it was very busy.We found that there were more than 10,000,000 people in Istanbul.Istanbul is near the Black Sea.There were plenty of churches and most of them were all the same religion(if not all of them).Istanbuls religion is christianity.We ate Salum Ye in Istanbul it was delicious.Even though its usually a busy place the people are pleasant.They wore what looked like big gowns.On my way out I sold my donkey for a load of red silk

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We stopped in Samarkand for a while,it was okay.We learned Samarkand is the second largest city in Uzbekistan.Samarkand is next to the medditaranian.There are plenty of people.Samarkands religion is fire worship.We ate noodle there.The people there are very wise.The people there wore hats made out of rags.On my way out I traded to bags of incents for some yellow silk.

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Finally,we stopped in Kashgar.We learned Kashgar had over 3,500 residents.Kashgar has desert climates.Kashgar religion is Buddhist .We ate some fried scorpion while we were there.The people there are about business.On my way out I gave a old women a ride to the market.She rewarded me with some purple and white silk.external image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR_c5noQReJenDkLEMuhNLxNV_fx5akVxvKjQCfHq36K0iqRlvAZWHfx2g

I then headed back to Venice becauseI had enough silk to continue my market.My journey was over and I really liked traveling down the silk rode.I would like to travel to Demarcus on the silk road one day.